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Re: Move mips port to in_small_data_p


Eric Christopher writes:

> I think it might be better to fix whatever bugs remain with using gas
> and then require that, especially since SGI is not fixing bugs anymore
> and so we have to keep the old behavior around.

This may be worthwhile: the `bug' in the O32 as is primarily the fact that
it's not a full-fledged ELF assembler, but a cross of their previous IRIX
4/5 ECOFF assembler with some changes to support ELF output.  The `fix'
would be to teach their new N32/N64 as about the O32 ABI, and I don't think
they'll ever do this.

If we can get a handle on the N64 execution failures described in

	http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2003-07/msg00385.html

we might be there.

	Rainer


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